Fraud Basics: Protecting the Company Till (DRF4)
Total Credits: 4 including 4 Auditing- Technical
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- Categories:
- Accounting and Auditing
- Faculty:
- Curtis Quickel
- Course Levels:
- Basic
- Duration:
- 4
- License:
- Product Setting: Expires 90 day(s) after program date.
Tags: Surgent TXCPA Produced
Description
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Overview
Our focus is to reduce the overall risk of fraud. To that end, this course focuses on what factors contribute to turning honest employees into schemers. Discussion will include integrity and ethics, as well as how people may react in certain situations. We also explore the darknet and cryptocurrency fraud.
Who should attend
CPAs in public practice and industry who wish to educate clients or colleagues on how to better prevent fraud from occurring at the source
Details
Objectives:
• Understand the prevalence of fraud
• Realize how organizations may cause fraud without realizing it
• Comprehend the cost of fraud
• See how the new COSO Framework for Internal Control focuses on fraud
• Understand that there are many layers in fraud defense
Major Topics:
• Fraud’s cost: ACFE’s Report to the Nations; Ancillary costs
• Current economy: Microeconomics; Analyses
• COSO’s Internal Control Framework: Principle #1 - Integrity/Ethics; Principle #8 - Fraud Risk Assessment
• Power of morale: Shrink the fraud triangle; Motivation
• Why good folks go bad: What studies indicate; Five interesting findings; Red flags
• The Dark Web
e-materials
A link to the electronic materials will be emailed to you 48 hours prior to the event. Hard copies will not be provided.
Advanced preparation
None
Course level
Basic
Prerequisite
None
Faculty
Curtis Quickel Related Seminars and Products
Curtis J. Quickel, CPA
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Curtis is an individual practitioner in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Since 1998, he has traveled the US teaching Continuing Professional Education courses to thousands of CPAs for the AICPA and others. Before establishing his own practice, he worked several years in industry as a Corporate Controller. After 9/11 Curtis spend 9 years on Active Duty with the US Army completing three combat tours to Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait. In 2013 Curt retired as a Lieutenant Colonel with a total of 33 years of Active and Reserve service. He is a Past President of the Central Chapter of the Arkansas Society of CPAs and Past Chairman of the Industry and Commerce Committee. Curt is also a past recipient of the Arkansas Society of CPAs Outstanding CPA in Government Award.